restrained
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Globalization, cheap manufacturing, abundant savings and restrained wage growth all combined to drive down inflation and, ultimately, interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Santana needed to be restrained by his teammates as he continued to yell at Caballero.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Discovery are “temporarily enjoined and restrained from closing or consummating the transaction or taking any steps, directly or indirectly, to integrate or consolidate their operations pursuant to the transaction.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
"Business will now be able, in Gibraltar, to see a footfall increase which is not going to be restrained by a potential queue on the way in or frontier queue on the way out."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
So far I’ve restrained myself from going through his medicine cabinet, in search of hairpins and female deodorants, as I once would have done.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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